Improvement in hasps for trunk-locks



F. W. MIX.

Hasp for Trunk-Looks.

No. 163,230, Patented May11,1875.

9aaMJM. I JW THE GRAPHIC C0 PHOTO"LlTH-39&41 PARK PLACE, NY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE FRANK W. MIX, OF TERRYVILLE, CONNECTICUT,ASSIGNOR TO THE EAGLE LOCK COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN HASPS FOR TRUNK- LOCKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 163,230, dated May 11,1875 application filed April 20, 1875.

CASE A.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK W. MIX, of Terryville, in the county ofLitchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new andusefullmprovementsin Trunk-Hasps, of which the following is aspecification:

The nature of my invention consists of the peculiar construction of theparts which form the join t, all as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation of the rear sideof a trunk-hasp which embodies my invention, and Fig. 2 is a similarview of two parts of the same detached from each other.

A designates the upper portion, to which the hasp B is hinged. Thisportion A is provided with recesses a a, sunk upon its inner face, asshown in Fig. 2. The hasp B is formed of cast metal, and its hub 11 iscast hollow, except a small portion at each end, which portions I termears 0 c, the hollow in the hub being of such size as to allow ampleroom for the pintle d. The ears 0 0 are drilled out at their centers,the holes therein being of such size that the pintle d fits easily, soas to allow the hasp to turn on it. The pintle dis of such length as toproject a short distance at each end of the huh I), and when insertedtherein, as shown in Fig. 2, it is placed with its ends within therecesses 00 a of the upper portion A, and asheet-metal plate, 0,slotted, so as to allow free play of the ears 0 c, is riveted firmly tothe upper portion A, to hold said portion and the hasp B together. Therecesses a a should be so shallow that the plate 0 may come close to orbear upon the. pintle d, and hold it so firmly that it will not rattle,and, preferably, so as to hold the pintle d so tight that itwill notrevolve, in which case the hasp B will turn upon it.

This construction is not only cheap and substantial, but it makes a snugjoint that always Works freely.

I claim as my invention- In a trunk-hasp, the hasp B, provided with thehub formed of the parts 0 b 0, as shown and described, in combinationwith the pintle d, upper portion A a a, and the plate C, allsubstantially in the manner specified.

FRANK W. MIX. Witnesses:

ELISHA MIX, WM. B. ELLs.

